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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Positivity on the Highway of Negativity

You know that feeling when you open your eyes in the morning and
you’re immediately accosted with the feel of pleasantness. Well, that was me
today.

I woke up with a goody bag positive energy, telling myself today
is going to be a good, productive and beautiful day. You know… all those stuff
some motivational speakers say we should do.

I did all I had to do at home in a flash so I could hit the road
just in time to catch up with a 10 am appointment all for me to turn on my
ignition and the car wouldn't start. Damn!!! This was not the time to start
tracing the fault.

So I hurriedly got a cab and headed out for my appointment, but just
as I was about to relax and mentally steady myself, the cab guy started lamenting
about the situation of Nigeria, the horrible roads, unstable power supply, the
bad educational system and all other issues wrong with the country that I was
all too familiar with. I was still like NO;
this is not going to kill my positive vibe.

I got to the office and the secretary was straight-up rude to me
and giving off a whole lot of negative energy. I took a deep breath and chanted
in my mind one of my favorite quotes… “you cannot control someone’s attitude
towards you but you can control your attitude towards
others” bottom line, how someone treats you is their
problem, not yours.

She later directed me to the reception where I had to wait to
see the chairman for another six hours, but guess what? My morale still dey kampe. I just believed it was still going to be
a good day. At last, I was called upon for the meeting with the
chairman, which he; after viewing my proposal unfortunately turned down due to
it being well above their budget.

As I stepped out of the office my positive vibes just went down
like a deflated balloon. It was gone with the wind. I just kept thinking of my car,
the wasted day and the hours I spent waiting for nothing. But just as I was
about to fast forward into self-pity/depression mode, I remembered one of Joyce
Meyer's favorite sayings, "you can't be pitiful and powerful at the same
time, you have to choose one".

I immediately snapped out of it. I refused to wallow in
self-pity.I am a strong,
powerful, alpha female; I declared.I also got to understand what Maya Angelou meant when
she said; “you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it
may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are,
what you can rise from and how you can rise from it.

Armed with these thoughts, I decided to go back to the drawing
table and see how to make things better. I am going to learn from this then focus
on the opportunity not the obstacle as whatever
your focus on expands. I will keep my eye on my goal and the prize awaiting
me, steadily moving towards forward with a positive attitude.

This is to encourage anybody
trying to turn their ideas or innovations into reality not to give up but to
keep pressing forward with a positive attitude.

#wegomakeam#keepmovingforward #makeitwork #bosswithattitude

so guys, share your
experiences of how your day crumbled before your eyes and how you managed to
stay encouraged and forge ahead. I’m eager to hear from you.